Will of George James Starkey, gentleman, 1886 (proved 1887)

Oxford Probate Registry

ON the Twenty ninth day of July 1887, the Will of George James Starkey late of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Gentleman, deceased, who died on the 27th day May 1887, at Winslow aforesaid, was proved in Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in the District Registry attached to the Probate Division thereof on the oaths of Augustin George Stevens, Draper, of Winslow aforesaid, Edward Roberts of Greatworth in the County of Northampton, Farmer and John Brownsill Starkey, of Hounslow in the County of Middlesex, Banker’s Clerk, Nephews of the Deceased, the Executors named (in the said Will) they having been first sworn duly to administer.

It is hereby certified that the above is a correct Copy. Dated this Fourth day of August 1887.
Personal Estate Gross     £1,763 -19 - 10
Net        £1,653 - 14 -9
No Leaseholds
Extracted by Henry Small, Solicitor, Buckingham

This is the last Will and Testament of me George James Starkey of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Gentleman.  I bequeath all my household furniture consumable stores goods fixtures and effects which I may die possessed of to my dear Wife Sarah Starkey absolutely And I also bequeath to her the Legacy or sum of One hundred pounds which I direct shall be paid to her at the end of six months from my decease. I devise the freehold messuage or dwellinghouse in which I now reside situate in the Market Place in Winslow aforesaid to my dear Wife for her life she keeping the same insured against loss by fire in the sum of Three hundred pounds And after her decease I devise the same house with the appurtenances unto my Nephew Augustin George Williams his heirs and assigns absolutely. I devise all the residue of the real estate to which I shall be entitled at my decease (except estates vested in me as Trustee or Mortgagee) and  I bequeath  the residue of the personal estate to which I shall then be entitled (subject to the payment of debts funeral and testamentary expenses) to my Nephews the said Augustin George Stevens, Edward Roberts and John Brownsill Starkey their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively Upon trust to sell my residuary real estate together or in parcels by public auction or private contract [standard clauses are then inserted relating to the Executors powers to sell, rescind or resell elements of the estate, the investment of funds arising from the sale and the subsequent distribution of the annual income to his widow during her lifetime and thereafter amongst his named nephews, the Executors. Real estates (if any) vested in him as Trustee or Mortgagee are devised to his Executors with a deduction to be made from Edward Robert’s share to cover a debt of £200 owed by him to the Testator. Additional clauses follow governing the issuing of receipts for monies received in connection with Starkey’s estate and the exemption of the Executors from liability in their dealings and guidance as to the handling of posthumous credit and debt payments including dispute resolution if necessary. Further standard provisions are made to cater for Trustees defaulting in the execution of their duties for various specified reasons and the remedies available in appointing substitutes for them including  exemption from liability for losses whilst remaining entitled to reimbursement of associated expenses incurred] I appoint the said of Augustin George Stevens, Edward Roberts and John Brownsill Starkey to be Executors of my Will

In Witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand this Twenty first day of December One thousand eight hundred and eighty six. George James Starkey  [signature]
Signed by the said George James Starkey the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have attested his said signature and subscribe our names as witnesses
F.P. Bonner [signature]
Thos Osborne [signature] Clerks to Mr Small, Solicitor, Buckingham
               
Proved at Oxford, the Twenty ninth day of July 1887 by the Oaths of Augustin George Stevens, Edward Roberts and John Brownsill Starkey, the Nephews, the Executors to whom administration was granted.
The Testator George James Starkey was late of Winslow in the County of Buckingham, Gentleman, and died on the Twenty seventh day of May 1887 at Winslow aforesaid.
Personal Estate Gross £1,763 -19 - 10
        “            “      Net          £1,653 - 14 -9
Extracted by Henry Small, Solicitor, Buckingham
It is hereby certified that the foregoing is a correct Copy.
Dated this Fourth day of August 1887.

Notes

George Starkey was born at Farthinghoe and married Sarah Baldwin (1819-1914), daughter of Richard Baldwin (d.1861), and kept The Crown at Tingewick. In 1881 they were living at 15 Market Square with Augustine Stevens, Sarah's nephew. The other two nephews were evidently on the Starkey side of the family. George bought 13 Market Square (the house referred to in the will) in 1885.